Space Shuttle: External Tank Assembly

The following group of images show various stages of the process to assemble an external tank...See more

The following group of images show various stages of the process to
assemble an external tank beginning with the early stages of welding and
ending with roll out of a completed external tank to the Pegasus barge at
the dock at Michoud Assembly Facility. Several graphic images show the
internal and external views of the Liquid Oxygen Tank, Intertank, Liquid
Hydrogen Tank and a completed external tank with thermal protection system.